Monthly Archives: July 2019

Clinical trials have proven the magnetic fluid method to not be inferior to the radioisotope and dye method in breast cancer SLNB (Taruno K, et al ASCO 2018, J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 suppl:abstr e12603).Since the radioisotope method cannot be performed in many medical facilities in Japan, blue dye, fluorescent dye, or both are often… Read More »

Mikio Shiozawa, from the Department of Surgery at Jichi Medical University, describes the development of sentinel lymph node biopsy using magnetic fluid (RESOVIST®):“Since around 2007, I had been working at a small community hospital that did not have the facilities to perform the radioisotope method and I was contemplating alternative ways, like using magnetic fluids.… Read More »

TAKUMI – Matrix Cell Research Institute Inc.’s magnetic probe for sentinel lymph node detection – will be exhibited at the MEDICA Trade Fair 2019 held in Düsseldorf, Germany from November 18 to 21.Since having acquired CE Marking for TAKUMI at the beginning of July, the company announced that they are particularly looking forward to this year’s fair… Read More »